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That Greenpoint Blog whose name cannot be spoken brings us news that another illegal artist loft building has been shut down by the Department of Buildings. This time, it was a building at 239 Banker Street known as the Sweater Factory. The beleaguered past of the Sweater Factory, used as residential lofts, includes violation of its zoning as a transient hotel, lack of certificate of occupancy, stop work orders, violations of stop work orders, a $5,000 fine from the DOB, etc. Yesterday afternoon the DOB took off the kid gloves and vacated the building. According to That Greenpoint Blog (TGB), the fire department was not present, and the DOB’s vacate order declared that “occupancy is perilous to life.” The Red Cross was on hand to help find housing for displaced tenants and their pets, and TGB mentioned that the landlord was on site as well. GMAP P*Shark DOB
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  1. Don’t ever rent from this guy. He is brooklyns biggest slumlord. He has taken thousands of dollars from tenants that now do not have homes.

    Max Stark
    Menachem stark

    543 Bedford Ave – Suite 302
    Brooklyn NY 11211

    Meserole Factory LLC
    *138 Ross Street
    Brooklyn NY 11211

  2. Don’t ever rent from this guy. He is brooklyns biggest slumlord. He has taken thousands of dollars from tenants that now do not have homes.

    Max Stark
    Menachem stark

    543 Bedford Ave – Suite 302
    Brooklyn NY 11211

    Meserole Factory LLC
    *138 Ross Street
    Brooklyn NY 11211

  3. The Red Cross goes to all residential fires and vacates in NYC–something over 2500 disasters last year in the 5 boroughs and three upstate counties. You may not think an apartment fire or a vacate is a disaster, until it happens to you or someone you love.

    We (I’m a volunteer) are _not_ funded by tax dollars–the organization is chartered, but not funded, by the federal government, but some chapters get some local money.

    We don’t discriminate on zip code, type of building, or demographics. We go, and evaluate the need.